title: Evaluation of portal hypertension in cases of hepatosplenic schistosomiasis using ultrasound.
abstract: Patients with hepatic schistosomiasis develop high degrees of portal hypertension. Various invasive techniques have been used to evaluate this degree of portal hypertension. In this work sonography was used as a safe, noninvasive technique to study the relationship between the degree of portal hypertension, as measured by percutaneous splenic manometry, and the diameters of the portal and splenic veins. A total of 25 patients were included in this study. A positive correlation was found between the degree of portal hypertension and the increase in the diameters of the portal and splenic veins.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008109:Liver Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D011169:Portal Vein; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013162:Splenic Vein; D014463:Ultrasonography